update - kind of

I wrote this last monday, sent it on the 24th, and now i'm posting it here. without pictures. i will get better at this....after Campfest

Things are good here in Slovakia, we had palacinky (like crepes with fruit) for lunch and there is fried Cheese for dinner! Some days are hot dogs with mustard for breakfast. But today things are looking up! : )

We are still busy here. I (Stasi) am making headway on the Campfest intro video. I have also re-designed the menu and created lettering for the sign above the driveway. This week I moved into a new workspace. It is a little building, really a small cottage, but it is quiet and I am no longer at risk of getting hit with the back end of a pool stick.

Micah has spent a lot of time the past week digging holes. He says that he is starting to feel like a human excacvator. If anyone has a spare excavator laying around, Micah asks that you to ship it to Slovakia, his arms are getting tired. He has also been working on finishing the letters for the sign above the driveway out of wood. The bathrooms are mostly finished and they are being used this week by over 200 young people who are staying here (mostly in tents).

The weather here has been bizarre this week. I suppose the proper term could be scattered thundershowers. But it's more like the clouds can't make up their minds. It started out very hot and then turned very wet. The sun comes and goes rather suddenly. We have been told that this is not normal summer weather.

I'd like to thank those of you who have been praying for my rash, The trip to the doctor's was very confusing in a different culture, but the doctor looked at my arm and said it was an alergic reaction probably to some food. She gave me a shot and some very strong antihistamines. When Micah started to get a similar rash the next day we started to think it was probably not an allergic reaction. A trip to the vet (all by ourselves!) revealed that the kitten, who we named Rabbit (after our car), had a severe case of notoderic mites. These mites are not supposed to bother humans, but considering how severe Rabbit's infection was and how much close contact we had with her, it is our guess that this is what caused the rash and itching. The vet gave Rabbit some medicine to kill the mites and since she has cleared up, so have we. We are mostly cleared up and only itch a very little bit.

We had our first language lessons this week. Our teacher Danica is very nice and has been very patient working with both of us at different levels. She was very impressed that Micah already knew the word for wheelbarrow. We are looking forward to being able to communicate more. We have not made any embarrassing language mistakes yet, but we will be sure and let you know when we do :)

Volunteers will start arriving in just 2 weeks to start setting up for CampFest. CampFest is YFC Slovakia's big event, a 3 day music festival with bands from all over Slovakia and the world. Last year over 4500 people came. We still need about 10 more guys to volunteer to help with setup and running the festival, and there are a thousand little details being pulled together so that things will run smoothly

Thank you so much for praying for us. The little things are easy enough to take on their own, but can start to grate on us after a while. There is so much room for us to grow and we are by God's grace learning.

Please continue to pray with us:
~Praise - the rash cleared up!!
~That we find an apartment.
~For CampFest. That the final details come together smoothly.
~That we continue to be open to learning in this new culture